They tend to eat up a lot of your profit in your first year since you are just beginning. 

Their meetings tend to be in Downers Grove area.

I tend to make more than the other guys running themselves ragged for volume.You need to look to your micro market in the niche you want to invest in retail, multifamily, office, industrial, etc. and then seek out  specialist.  

Based on some of the threads on here, it seems like quite a few of those who have tried some sort of direct mailing feel like they either shot an 'air ball' or totally missed something.I would like to know what sort of response rate most of you are getting and the nature and source of the list.It seems the absentee owner list tend to have the worst response rate or has that been your experience? 

I understand the need to do inspections, but if I'm having trouble with someone, especially if it is heading in a legal direction, I tend to stay far way from the property. 

And from all the reading I have done here, that is where we tend to get in over our heads

My apologies if this is the case but when I decide to do something, I tend to do it whole-heartedly.

My experience is they tend to come in with a number that the bank usually wants.

They tend to be fastidious and great thinkers. 

I am looking for something that is a B- or C+ property in a A/B area with value add potential.I understand that deals listed on the likes of Loopnet will not be the good deals, and that those come from building a rapport with brokers.My question is, how many brokers do you tend to contact when beginning a search with intent to purchase, and how often do you follow up with them.